Social media outrage after word on ‘ban of short skirts in Chandigarh discos’ went viral

Though, the report has been denied by the Union Territory Home Secretary Anurag Agarwal who said “The news item has distorted the whole policy by picking up words and phrases from different part of the policy and have tried to create sensational news,” here’s what Tweeple had to say.

Zeenat Aman: “Where are you going?”

Dharmendra: “Getting the hell out of Chandigarh” pic.twitter.com/2ZUhdoSnsK

— Akshar (@AksharPathak) April 20, 2016

@KirronKherBJP banning shorts from discotheques is like banning sarees from temple :-P ;-) :-D #Chandigarh #shortskirtban

— Jain Nitesh Kothari (@NiteshNavkar) April 21, 2016

Shorts should be banned. Okay. Dear boys from tomorrow no boxers/half pants pls. Only FULL PANTS. Can #Chandigarh do this ? #shortskirtban

— Smriti Singh (@RjSmritii) April 20, 2016

The girls of #Chandigarh r 2 smart thy will wear shorts in place of skirts

— india for change (@IND4CHANGE) April 20, 2016

Na to ab pehnenge aur Na hi pehnane denge shorts- ati utsaahi RSS karyakarta.#no shorts Chandigarh

— Yashvardhan Singh (@yash2049) April 20, 2016

.@ranjona How about guys in mini shorts. Will they be banned from the discotheques of Chandigarh? pic.twitter.com/CrbEDDnxOV

— Richard Fox Young (@RichardFoxYoung) April 20, 2016

Ladies, dig out your shortest skirts/shorts this Sunday & reclaim public spaces -not just in Chandigarh- but in entire India #SayNoToSexism

— Pallavi (@That_Desi_Girl) April 20, 2016

short ‘skirts’are banned in Chandigarh. So women can wear other shorts clothes?

— The Crazy Sim (@thecrazysim) April 20, 2016